Recent content by hbguy

I've edged ahead and left the table but I've also dipped many times as is expected. To be honest, I haven't even been playing "basic strategy" or whatever its called...back in teh day I rarely hit on 12< and counted on dealer bust too often. This is a mathematical delima and it could be that...

After much thought and research I've come to a conclusion. I've been looking into my statistically...I've been extremely lucky. This system I've been using isn't any 'edge' at all. I always thought that my break from discipline is what caused my 'down times' but I realize now that it...

I've been looking into this statistically...I've been extremely lucky. This system I've been using isn't any 'edge' at all.

Why can't you? I'm not a counter and I understand why a counter would do it but I see people do it all the time...I do it myself all the time. Hell, I even had a newly shuffled 5 deck reshuffled because 5 aces popped up.

Unit for unit, this math makes sense. Its a good argument against my system and when I get home ill do some math of my own. Its possible that the 2:1 payoff from blackjacks puts the math in my favor. Allthough my result are very marginally positive, I always walk away from a table after...

Hey wolf, I recently asked the same thing. It works for me and mathematically it makes sense to me, though I don't remember enough from statistics to be able to articulate it with a formula (this is a part of statistics, not math in general). How it works for me, I generally win more...

I read in another thread that the strategy is changed from Stand 17 to Hit 17. Can someone elaborate?

Could you clear this up for me? If I win 40% of my hands (above 1/3) and I double up a max 2 times (start with original bet after 3rd loss), won't that put me in the positive? also, what does the term +EV mean?

Thanks for your respectful reply. I've read quite a few threads (spent about 3 hours at least) reading many topics here. First, I would never try to sell people on what I do. Second, its gambling, and I always interject that. I think the problem with this thread is two fold. First...

What makes them different/better? Though I love gambling, I was quite the regular at Caesars Tahoe back in the day and now would like an alternative to the strip (for gambling).

Do those bars prevent bullets from going in or cash from coming out? :p

I dont know what "plus shoe" is supposed to mean but I agree, vegas has went downhill. I'd love to find an off-strip place to buy chips at next time.

What else is there besides the Fremont area?

So far I've read only 10 pages of this thread and its been very interesting so far. I've learned a lot from this forum (other threads) and decided to post a reply here now. It works for me. Always? No. Usually? Yes. No different that counting. Let me explain. First, I've done...